Le soir | Le soleil est fatigué, il a voyagé tout le jour

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by Ivan Zakharovich Surikov (1841 - 1880)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Вечер

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Солнце утомилось, ходя день-деньской;
Тихо догорая, гаснет за рекой.
Край далёкий неба весь зарей облит,
Заревом пожара блещет и горит.

В воздухе смолкает шум дневных тревог;
Тишь ночную с неба шлёт на землю бог.
Ходят огневые полосы в реке;
Грустно где-то песня льётся вдалеке.

Тихо... Отчего же в сердце у меня
Не стихает горе прожитого дня?
Отчего ж так больно скорбь сжимает грудь?
Боже мой! боже мой! дай мне отдохнуть!

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Text Authorship:

by Ivan Zakharovich Surikov (1841 - 1880) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Вечер", op. 46 (Шесть дуэтов = Shest' du`etov (Six duets)) no. 1 (1880) [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Carl Ratner) , "Evening", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soir", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Hellmuth Pattenhausen) , "Abend", copyright ©

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Le soir

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Le soleil est fatigué, il a voyagé tout le jour ;
Tranquillement décroissant, il va à travers la rivière.
Le bord lointain du ciel est tout aspergé par le crépuscule,
La lueur du feu brille et brûle.

Dans l'air le bruit des tâches quotidiennes cesse ;
Dieu envoie du ciel sur la terre le silence de la nuit,
La bande de feu se déplace sur la rivière ;
Quelque part un chant se répand tristement au loin.

Silence... Pourquoi dans mon cœur
La douleur ne disparaît-elle pas avec le jour qui se meurt ?
Pourquoi la douleur pèse-t-elle sur ma poitrine si douloureusement ?
Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu ! Accorde-moi du répit !

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